Wayne C. Drevets; Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Project Title: Neuroimaging biomarkers of major depression; Award: $130,416 for three years; Functional magnetic resonance imaging could have an impact on patients who suffer depression and need antidepressants drugs to improve. The research is expected to confirm such results.

W. Kyle Simmons, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Project Title: Insula Topology in the Healthy and Eating Disordered; Award: $125,176 for three years; Little is known about the insular cortex’s functional organization or the roles it play in the host of psychiatric illness. The knowledge acquired in this project will move the field forward toward improved biomarker-based diagnoses of these disorders, as well as the possibility of novel, highly-focused interventions.